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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1975
Page
2
New Nielsen data for week ending Nov 9 shows a 1 percent rise in homes using television at night versus last year, after early season declines. NBC researcher Bill Rubens notes viewers may watch more with fewer sets in use, as Nielsen blends meter and diary data.
Washington AP reports American rice farmers posted a record crop while Asian harvests also hit new highs. USDA economist James Naive cites favorable monsoons lifting world production about 4 percent to 328 million metric tons. US output reaches 56 million metric tons, up 9 percent from 1974. The piece also blends Nielsen diary data and viewer research details, noting ongoing checks by networks and Nielsen to verify viewing metrics.
Local listings show a mix of daytime and evening programs including Mister Rogers and Lucy Show episodes, with Jeopardy style games like Hollywood Squares and The Tonight Show. Regional channels feature South Texas Today and American Sur.
Telecast grid shows Movin On and Happy Days featured in prime time alongside The Flight of the Phoenix with James Stewart and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Also listed are Police Woman, Marcus Welby, Judy Gariane and other era programs with news, sport and movie segments across early afternoon to late night.
The page lists a breakfast television schedule with programs like Morning America, Sesame Street, Captain Kangaroo, The Three Stooges, Wheel of Fortune and The Price Is Right. It mentions kids and family fare alongside game shows and soap operas with times around early morning hours. It appears as a cluttered community calendar segment from a newspaper.
TV listings show afternoon and evening programs across networks with soap operas General Hospital Days of Our Lives The Young and the Restless guiding light and As the World Turns. Also features movies The Written on the Wind The Mark Dimitrios Genesis 11 and classic series Gilligan's Island Gunsmoke Star Trek Beverly Hillbillies Petticoat Junction I Dream of Jeannie and Sesame Street among others with multiple time slots noted.
Alcoa's Point Comfort Operation schedules an early Thanksgiving meal on Nov 20 in the cafeteria behind the main office. Employees may bring guests. price $1.50. Menu includes roast turkey with stuffing, giblet gravy, prime rib, vegetables, salads, desserts, coffee and fruit punch. Service from 11 am to 1 pm.
Houston AP reports Kirby Lumber Corp official says wood waste will power mills as fuel costs soar. John Robinson, manager of environmental services, notes the industry trend to use sawdust chips bark and pole peelings to cut fuel bills and reduce waste disposal issues.
The annual Meeting of the Agricultural Workers of Texas in Corpus Christi highlighted pond raised shrimp farming demonstrations and seafood technology talks. Attendees toured shrimp operations along Laguna Madre and visited a seafood packing plant, shrimp fleet, and a shrimp co op in Aransas Pass and Port Aransas.
Readin and Writin a new bookstore opens in Bottom Dollar mall between Bottom Dollar Discount Center and Stanleys Supermarket. Owner Jean Custer says the shop will offer hard and paperback books Hallmark cards and party cards plus balsam wood airplane models with motors fuel paint glue. Grand opening after Thanksgiving the store is open 9 am to 1 pm Monday through Saturday.
Senator Babe Schwartz of Galveston urged Congress to create a National Oil Spill Cleanup Fund before the Coast Guard Subcommittee. He chairs the Coastal States Organization and Texas Coastal and Marine Council and praised Texas’ hazardous substances spill law while calling for stronger Coast Guard funding and interagency coordination.
An organizational meeting for an Explorer Scout Post with a medical science focus will be held at seven tonight at Coastal Bend Savings and Loan. The program targets youths 15 to 21 years old seeking career guidance in vocational fields. sponsored by Champ Traylor Memorial.
American officials forecast a six nation economic summit next year similar to the Rambouillet gathering that produced a still secret currency pact between the United States and France. Kissinger aboard Air Force One said the accord envisions daily rate monitoring and potential coordinated intervention if erratic shifts lack underlying cause.
AP analysis notes how attitude toward money shapes financial resilience amid turbulence. ABA study highlights procrastination, debt consolidation options, loan refinancing, and counseling as steps. It warns about spending beyond income, divorce costs, lack of emergency funds, and the risk of relying on expected future earnings.
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